Sphere1998
Alien horror with the same character focus and isolated setting.
Overall6.2
Fear2.0
Atmos7.5
Gore1.0
Survival
The Abyss
1989 · PG-13 · 2h 20m
Curator Score8.0/ 10
When you get there, you will understand.
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- In theaters
- August 9, 1989
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Curator Certificate
8.0
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Passed by one curator
Fear3.0
Gore0.0
Atmosphere8.0
Carried by atmosphere, light on gore.
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A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver soon finds himself on a spectacular odyssey 25,000 feet below the ocean's surface where he confronts a mysterious force that has the power to change the world or destroy it.
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Genres
adventurescience-fictionhorrorthriller
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Details
Budget$43M
Box office$90M
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Starring
Ed Harris as Virgil 'Bud' Brigman · Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio as Lindsey Brigman · Michael Biehn as Lieutenant Hiram Coffey · Leo Burmester as Catton ‘Catfish’ De Vries · Todd Graff as Alan 'Hippy' Carnes · John Bedford Lloyd as Jammer Willis · Kimberly Scott as Lisa 'One Night' Standing · Chris Elliott as Bendix
Production
20th Century Fox, Pacific Western
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